Scott,
You shouldn’t be changing your printer properties. The printer has its own colorspace and that is not AdobeRGB .
Here is a related topic from the Photoshop forum. I saved it because I have no experience with the Canon driver, but the author, Lawrence Hudetz has very good success with his Canon printer.
" Lawrence Hudetz – 09:37am Oct 8, 2003 Pacific (#3 of 5) Edited: 08-Oct-2003 at 09:38am PST
I have a Canon S9000 and experience really great prints, Derek. What I didn’t see in your posts is exactly what’s happening. Are you being critical of the subtle color errors the Canon produces? Mostly in B&W, I might add. Full color is superb.
For Canon your setup should be as follows:
Print Options:
Source Space>Document
Print Space Profile: BJ Color Printer Profile 2000
Intent: Perceptual.
You can find that profile in the drop down menu in Print Space Profile.
Next, Click "Properties"
Media Type: Choose Matte for just about everything, except office documents. Then Plain Paper is fine. The other media types don’t print as well as Matte, IMHO.
Print Quality: You can leave it on High for now.
Color Adjustment: Auto works, but clicking Manual and playing with the various selections in the Print Type Box gives some variations. I would stick with Photo here. Leave everything else alone for now!
Now run your print.
Does it look better? "
Hope you find some satisfaction here .
🙂
Brent
Scott
There is a good article titled "Producing consistent color with a desktop printer" available on Adobe website. I don’t have the URL anymore, but it can be found in the Photoshop CS section. The artlicle also applies to PE2.
Cheers
Cliff
Scott,
I do all my own printing on a Canon i9100 printer, at this time. When I use Photoshop these are the steps I have to do to get my prints to exactly match what I see on my screen. (First I have to calibrate my monitor with Adobe Gamma in the control panel from time to time, just to be sure it is still where I want it. One a month I check it, though it seldom off at all.)
First.. I hit" Print Set Up" in Adobe, I check the show more options box, and choose "color management" instead of output.
Then in PROFILE, I set mine for "Color Match RGB". And under that I choose, "Relative Colorimetric" (Once these are set, they will remain that way unless you change them..so you only have to do it one time.)
Other than sizing, that is all I set for Adobe. I hit print, and am taken to the Canon Printer Prompt. There I hit properties, then the "PROFILE" tab, and from there I select the "configuration" that I have set up for that type of printing I wish to do. (Which includes the paper choice, as well as the color management (where I have enable ICM checked, the paper size, etc..) which I have used before, and have set as a "PROFILE" that you can ADD to the factory profiles that come with the printer. I have one set up for each size paper I use, as well as for matt, glossy, pro, etc.
Really, it takes much longer to just SAY it than to do it. It is a matter of two extra clicks, and I get what appears on my screen each and every time.
It works for me anyway Scott, I hope it will be of some help to you as well. Good luck to you.
Gary~*
I appreciate the response Gary, and it makes sense. My only question is where do you get the profile for each paper you use if it doesn’t come with the printer?
I have not had that problem Scott, as I just set it for glossy, matt, or plain, if I am not using Canon paper.
I have used a LOT of Epson, and some Kodak paper in my i9100 using only those settings, and had good results with both.
I use mostly Canon Pro paper now however, as I have found it to give me the best print quality so far with that printer.
Gary~*
